HOPE… The first week of Advent and the first Sunday of Advent mark the beginning of the Advent season in the Christian liturgical calendar. Advent is a period of preparation and anticipation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Day. Each of the four weeks of Advent has a specific theme, and the first week typically centers around the theme of "Hope" or "Expectation." Advent is a time for remembering and reflecting on the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Let us turn our hearts towards Christ as Christmas approaches. Let us not get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the season this year and miss the chance to celebrate the gifts of hope, peace, joy, and love, that God sent to us on that first Christmas. Every word in scripture points to the gift of hope that we have because of Christ Jesus! God, the Christmas story wasn’t the beginning of that message of hope because the Old Testament is full of glimpses of Your plan to redeem Your people and restore them to a relationship with You, but we are able to truly begin to see and understand just how great Your love for us is when we read the story of Jesus’ birth. That first Christmas, You gave us the gift of hope wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. Thank you, Father, for Your immeasurable gift! HOPE AND CONNECTION—IN PRISON AND OUT Incarceration can strain family ties to the breaking point. By providing Christmas gifts on behalf of incarcerated parents, Prison Fellowship Angel Tree allows local churches to extend the hope of the Gospel to families with loved ones in prison. In addition, Angel Tree invites congregations to integrate Angel Tree families into church activities year-round, resulting in mutually beneficial relationships that foster growth, support, and encouragement. We want to develop relationships that go beyond the Christmas season. Our church will be helping 43 families in our community this Christmas. We are able to provide the 94 children from these families with Christmas gifts, their own age-appropriate Bible in English or Spanish, and an Advent Devotional for the entire family. Thank you for supporting our church financially. It is through your tithes that we are able to support outreach ministries such as Prison Angel Tree. Please join us in covering these families in prayer. It has been said that, “It takes a village to raise a child.” This means that an entire community of people must participate in the lives of children in order for them to grow in a safe and healthy environment and be able to flourish and realize their hopes and dreams. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of these children! We are so blessed to be a part of our wonderful community! Thank you to the San Antonio Food Bank and to all of the awesome unpaid servants that shared 34,000 pounds of food at the Mega Food Pantry!
Thank You H-E-B!!! Through grant funding, H-E-B gifted $2,250. worth of turkeys for us to share through our Mustard Seed Food Pantry! Again, thank you to our amazing church family and our awesome girl scouts for donations of the side dish ingredients to go with the turkeys! We were able to share Thanksgiving Baskets with 139 families in our community! Glory to God!!! Mega Food Drive - NovemberChili and Caroling-DecemberMega Food Pantry was cold and wet but all of the wonderful unpaid servants brightened everyone’s day with their love and kindness! We are grateful for the opportunity to share the love of Christ through food and smiles with 344 families (1,045 individuals) on Monday. Thank you for your support! A recap on our Monday, Mega Food event at Light on the Hill. We are proud to serve the hill country community and support our neighbors. Our Community Partners to Share Food from San Antonio Food Bank at Mega at Light on the Hill at Mount Wesley! This week our programming staff will be attending a conference.
This a time of learning and connecting with others. It is also a time to be still and just “be.” This week, I am looking forward to this time to just “be” with my creator… to sit in His presence with no deadlines or agendas. Thank you to our leadership at KFUMC for giving me the chance to learn and grow in my relationship with God. I also always treasure the moments that I can just sit and take in all of the beauty that God has created in nature. I hope that you can make time this week also to just “be.” Enjoy nature. Enjoy the small things. Sit with God and just breathe in and out. God is so good. Blessings, Beth Habitat for Humanity’s Mary and Bailey at Mustard Seed. Stocking the pantry and fridge for the newest homeowners! Light on the Hill partners with Meals on Wheels!
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, cousins and friends who have loved and cared for us so well over the years! We celebrate each of these strong and loving women and we remember the blessings each brought to our lives!
Come Join Us for Mega Monday at Light on the Hill! Volunteers please arrive at 8:30am. You will be blessed to be a blessing! FROM JANE DAVIS I am praying for you this morning… The words keep playing in my head… “Because He LIVES, I can face tomorrow…” Easter came…there were early morning praise services…our churches were packed…we said, “Christ is risen!”… the tomb is empty. And then, many just put the Easter experience back on the shelf, until next year. But HE LIVES! He lives within YOU! Within ME. Nothing “shelf-worthy” about this earth-shaking experience. It changed everything. It changed me…He changed me. And, because He LIVES, we can face tomorrow… And tomorrow… And tomorrow. “God sent His son… They called Him Jesus. He came to love, heal and forgive. He bled and died, to buy my pardon… The empty tomb is there to prove my Savior lives. And because He lives… I can face tomorrow… Because He lives, all fear is gone. Because I know, He holds the future… And life is worth the living… Just because He lives.” -Gloria Gaither Happy Easter…again and again. During the month of May, (1, 8, 15 and 22), join our Recreation Minister: Grant Palmer for Adult Hiking on the trails at Light on the Hill!!
They will begin at 6 pm, meeting at the porch (at the back of LOTH near the pool). Make sure you bring your water! Thanks to all that joined us in our March MEGA Food drive, and always thank you to the San Antonio Food Bank.
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